Ann Arbor, Michigan has partisan elections for city office. On the evening of July 20, the city council voted down a proposal to let the voters decide if non-partisan elections should replace them. Supporters of non-partisan elections may do a city initiative, however. See this story.

In the 1970’s, the Human Rights Party, which was a ballot-qualified party in Michigan, won several seats on the Ann Arbor city council, but now the council is entirely composed of Democrats.